Murder 3 Information

Murder 3 is an Indian film and the sequel to the 2011 film, Murder 2. Directed by Vishesh Bhatt and produced by Mukesh Bhatt from Vishesh Films. This is the third instalment in the Murder series and is an official Bollywood remake of the Colombian thriller The Hidden Face. Murder 3 was released on 15 February 2013.

Story

The film opens with Vikram (Randeep Hooda), a hot-shot fashion and wildlife photographer , viewing a video of his girlfriend, Roshni (Aditi Rao Hydari) telling him she is leaving him. Vikram becomes distraught. While drinking away his sorrows at a bar, he meets Nisha (Sara Loren) and they have a relationship where Nisha moves into the house that Vikram was sharing with Roshni. Vikram becomes a suspect in the disappearance of Roshni, however, the investigators can find no evidence of Vikram's involvement in Roshni's disappearance.

It is revealed that the house is owned by a German lady who shows Roshni a secret room built to hide her husband just in case someone came to look for him because he was in British Army at the time of 1947. The room is self contained and sealed off from sound.

In a flashback, it is also shown that Roshni, jealous of Vikram's relationship with one of his colleague, decided to pretend she is leaving him. She creates the video saying she is leaving as she hides in the secret room. The room has some one way mirrors where she can observe Vikram's reaction. When she decides he has had enough she looks for the key and realises she lost the key and is now trapped in the room with no way to contact him.

Nisha finds the key to the secret room, but she doesn't know what it is used for. Nisha eventually figures out that Roshni is trapped in the house because Roshni is able to communicate through tapping on the pipes in the secret room. As Nisha is ready to open the door, she pauses and decides not to rescue Roshni because she might lose Vikram after that. Nisha struggles with her decision, but decides to open the door and check on Roshni because the investigators gave Nisha pictures of Vikram and his Colleague and she herself feels the pangs of jealously. As Nisha is checking on Roshni laying in a bed in the secret room, Roshni surprises Nisha and knocks her out and leaves Nisha locked in the room. After Roshni comes out of the secret room, she sees Vikram and his colleagues photographs and shatters.She decides to leave the house. She leaves that picture of Vikram with his colleague on mirror and send the keys of the room to the investigator who actually loves Nisha. The final scene shows Roshni tearing her and Vikram's photograph and is going on a highway road in a car alone

Cast

• Randeep Hooda as Vikram
• Aditi Rao Hydari as Roshni
• Sara Loren as Nisha
• Rajesh Shringarpure as police officer.
• Shekhar Shukla
• Bugs Bhargava

Casting

The makers of the film, who also worked on Murder and Murder 2 decided that Emraan Hashmi would not be returning for the third movie. Randeep Hooda will be playing the leading role. After initial talks with Esha Gupta fell through, Aditi Rao Hydari was finally cast as the female lead. Pakistani actress Mona Lizza was then chosen as the second female lead, as the film is a one hero, two heroine project.

Production and development

Shooting of the film has happened in Cape Town, South Africa and Goa, India.

Mahesh Bhatt said "Murder 3 is the 2013 equivalent of the controversial film, Arth in the thriller genre which released in 1983. Then it was the institution of marriage that was deconstructed and 30 years later Murder 3 deconstructs love and questions its very existence in today's world of relationship crimes. Now that we have the official rights of the film (The Hidden Face), we look to doing it justice and taking the Murder franchise forward."

Critical reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 4 out of 5 and stated that Murder 3 is one of the finest thrillers to come out of Vishesh Films. An outstanding story narrated with ferocious enthusiasm. Vishesh Bhatt hits a boundary in his very first attempt! Sukanya Verma for Rediff.com has given 2/5 stars and says Murder 3 has some badly-acted thrills.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film is composed by Pritam & Roxen while the lyrics are penned by Sayeed Quadri. The audio will be released by Sony Music India. A single track called "Teri Jhuki Nazar" which is sung by Shafqat Amanat Ali was released on 7 January 2013. Another single track "Mat Aazma Re" which is sung by KK was released on 15 January 2013. 3rd single track "Jaata Hai Tujh Tak" which is sung by Nikhil D'Souza was released on 22 January 2013. 4th single track "Hum Jee Lenge" which is sung by Mustafa Zahid Vocalist of Roxen was released on 31 January 2013.

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